fired clay

2600-1900 BCE

Harappa

CSMVS

Details

Culture/Civilisation

Harappan Civilisation

Subtheme

What the Cities Made

Display Location

Rotunda

Accession Number

IV 188

Description

Children were likely brought up with care and pampering in this urban civilisation. Clay toys which include carts, animal figurines with movable heads, wheeled birds, monkeys which could slide down a stick, spinning tops, mazes, marbles, rattles, whistles, dice and gamesmen are found abundantly at Harappan sites. Were they also used for rituals?